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I put apps and tools in the same bucket when it came to adding them to the site. I interpreted
our last discussion as, “we’ve gotten enough; close the submissions now”. If we’re
cool to still add this tool, then let’s just add it.
Kindly,
Dmitry
On Mar 29, 2016, at 7:53 AM, julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmobile@gmail.com<mailto:jcesarmobile@gmail.com>>
wrote:
I meant rejecting because it was an old PR and it was rejected now.
But even if there is no button, people can still send PRs. It's less
likely, but still possible. And as most of the topic here was about apps, I
wanted to know if we have an official statement for tools.
So, if I review this tool now and find it useful, I should open a vote
thread before adding it, right? Should it get 3 positive votes as releases?
2016-03-29 16:02 GMT+02:00 Carlos Santana <csantana23@gmail.com<mailto:csantana23@gmail.com>>:
Julio "rejecting" sounds so harsh
Since we removed the "add app" and "add tool" from the webpage, there is no
process to submit something to be accepted or rejected
I think right now my opinion is that a PMC member would need to do the leg
work to review, propose something to be added, and do the work of adding
it. PMC members always look out for the best interest of the project, but
as always we have lazy consensus it should bring up to other PMC members to
see if any would vote -1 for any good reason to no accept the content to be
added.
Like I said this is only my opinion of one way of getting something added
to tools or apps on the website.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:38 AM julio cesar sanchez <
jcesarmobile@gmail.com<mailto:jcesarmobile@gmail.com>>
wrote:
I bring the topic back again because recently a tool was rejected and the
author mailed us asking (and we have not answered him yet)
So, are we rejecting tools too?
The original topic was "[DISCUSS] Curating Apps" and all the messages
were
about apps, except this one from Steve that mentions removing "add a
tool"
and "add a plugin"
"YES! Removing the "add a tool" and "add a plugin" is the best way to go.
Those PRs require way to much management. Leave it up to PMC to nominate
apps."
2015-10-24 3:24 GMT+02:00 Dmitry Blotsky <dblotsky@microsoft.com<mailto:dblotsky@microsoft.com>>:
Sure, I’m also down for removing the “add your app” option. Switching
to
putting apps up only at our own discretion makes sense. My only concern
is
that I personally haven’t tried out many Cordova apps, so I would
expect
us
to have a shortage of apps this way. But if other PMC members have apps
to
suggest, then we should be good.
To move forward with Carlos’ proposal, we ought to:
- curate the existing list
- have someone explain the change of policy to the PRs still open
Any takers for those two tasks?
Kindly,
Dmitry
On Oct 23, 2015, at 6:01 PM, Steven Gill <stevengill97@gmail.com<mailto:stevengill97@gmail.com>>
wrote:
YES! Removing the "add a tool" and "add a plugin" is the best way to
go.
Those PRs require way to much management. Leave it up to PMC to
nominate
apps.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Nikhil Khandelwal <
nikhilkh@microsoft.com<mailto:nikhilkh@microsoft.com>>
wrote:
I like Carlos' proposal. Reviewing PRs for these apps and judging by
whatever criteria we finally decide (however objective/subjective)
will
not
be worth our time. The volume of PRs over the last couple of weeks
has
been
quite significant in this area.
At the end of the day, we just need 5-10 showcase apps.
-Nikhil
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Santana [mailto:csantana23@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 5:37 PM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org<mailto:dev@cordova.apache.org>
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Curating Apps
I think we make it more simpler, a PMC member to propose to add an
app
that he/she tried out and feels that it deserves to be show case as
a
good
example of a great Cordova App.
- remove the "add your app"
- PMC members mails the list, that he evaluated the app and a short
description on why to added and he is planning to added, and ask if
someone
opposed with a -1
- Like Joe said, we don't need a tons of Apps, just a few will
satisfy
the
goal
- The Apache way, if there are no -1 app get's added.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:27 PM Dmitry Blotsky <
dblotsky@microsoft.com<mailto:dblotsky@microsoft.com>>
wrote:
Sounds like we’ve got some (potentially mutually exclusive) points:
- request detailed app descriptions from submitters
- curate based on detailed criteria
- curate based on loose criteria
- only accept blog posts, and get rid of the showcase
- just accept all requests
Should this be a proposal on cordova-discuss? Or does someone feel
like we have a consensus? The ultimate goal is to have something
that
displays good use of Cordova. I’d personally like to go with the
easiest way to achieve this.
Kindly,
Dmitry
On Oct 19, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Joerg Holz <holz@hamburg.de<mailto:holz@hamburg.de>>
wrote:
I like the slogan: "submit something that helps other developers
build a
better app“.
I disagree about your app store points, staring, public store, we
don’t
need that.
And my opion is, that we should promote apps, which are clean or
mostly
clean from any Framework.
Joerg
Am 19.10.2015 um 20:11 schrieb Ryan J. Salva <
rsalva@microsoft.com<mailto:rsalva@microsoft.com>
:
The original goal for including the app showcase was to
demonstrate
that developers can build rockstar-quality apps using Cordova. I
agree
that by opening the invitation to anyone without a vetting process,
we
fall short of the original goal. Indeed, we might end up with a
throng
of hobo-quality apps using any technology under the sun :-)
At the same time, I don't want to sign up any of the Cordova
committers
to navigate the prejudicial question of "what counts as good?"
Thus,
I
like Jörg's proposal that we raise the empirical bar for entry. App
developers need to prove not only that their app is a Cordova app,
but
they have to submit something that helps other developers build a
better
app.
Here's a straw man proposal intended to provoke response:
Must appear in a public store
Must use Cordova
Minimum 4 start rating
Minimum 1,000 downloads
Submitter must write a 200+ word blog post answering – Which
platforms are supported (minimum two) – Which plugins are used?
– Which frameworks are used, if any?
– Syncing, languages, support for disabled people, … – Something
about problems – Development environment and tools used
Thoughts?
rjs
Ryan J. Salva | Principal Program Manager Lead Visual Studio
Tools for Apache Cordova rsalva@microsoft.com
206 612 5079 mobile
-----Original Message-----
From: Joerg Holz [mailto:holz@hamburg.de]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 8:11 AM
To: dev@cordova.apache.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Curating Apps
thx for agreeing, but I see things different:
– What means pretty good, who will decide this, how to measure?
– What mean's popular, count of downloads?
Cordova as project has to have a view from Cordova -> Apps and
not
from
the other side. People have to say, why Cordova is good, Cordova
has
not to say why an app is good.
And, yes, there is a need to have a blog or someting else for
helping
people and doing the small, but important, things.
The most important thing is, that a lot of people starting with
Cordova
don’t know a lot about javascript, htlm and css and that is the
reason
why a lot of questions on SO are unanswered.
Jörg
Am 19.10.2015 um 16:37 schrieb Parashuram N <
panarasi@microsoft.com
:
I agree with Joerg. The only reason we have curated apps on the
page
is to show people that Cordova can be used for building real apps.
One
perception people have today is that Cordova and WebView is not
fast
enough, or that serious applications are written in native
languages.
I think that any app on the showcase should emphasize 3 things
- The app is pretty good, and feels like native and performs
like
one.
- The app works across multiple platforms, ensuring code sharing
- The app is popular, something that our users may have come
across,
or would like to try.
While it would be great to talk about how the app was built, I
fear
that it would be hard to get apps to write all that information. It
would actually be awesome if we have blog posts that has articles
from
these app authors, describing their experience with writing Cordova
apps.
On 10/19/15, 5:46 AM, "Joerg Holz" <holz@hamburg.de> wrote:
I don’t like the phonegap app pages. They are cheap ads for
developers, nothing more.
My proposal is another one. Cordova has two main problems in
the
public:
– Are complex apps working well?
– How is an app exactly developed?
So, I see a deal: The one, who want’s to be curated on the site
has
to tell details about the app.
That means:
We could curate apps/developers, if they telling someting about
their
solutions, for example:
– Which platforms are supported (minimum two)
– Which plugins are used?
– Which frameworks are used, if any?
– Syncing, languages, support for disabled people, …
– Something about problems
– Developing enviroment
A few of the apps are displayed randomly, each in a category
(utility, production, … like in the stores) and there is a list
with
all apps on a second page.
Regards,
Joerg
Am 19.10.2015 um 06:12 schrieb Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com
:
This was part of my hesitation in doing this.
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submissions
a week, and someone has to look at
them,
validate them. Here [1] is a link to page 30 of the android
apps,
and there
are 24 apps per page.
We also have to consider appropriateness of the app, is it
adult?
mature?
We cannot display every app submitted.
I agree with automating the display of apps, we don't want to
have
to do
this.
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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <
dblotsky@microsoft.com<mailto:dblotsky@microsoft.com>>
wrote:
So, there are two items to address here:
- display policy
- content policy
I propose the following policy for app content:
- if the app is on an app store, it is OK to show on our page
I propose the following strategy for app display:
- show 6 apps and 6 tools
- pick them at random at each page load from their respective
lists
- when we agree on quality metrics:
- use them to sort instead of picking randomly OR
- pick arbitrarily at our discretion
Kindly,
Dmitry
On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:19 PM, julio cesar sanchez <
jcesarmobile@gmail.com<mailto:jcesarmobile@gmail.com>>
wrote:
I think every cordova app should be accepted and displayed,
but we
should
create a "Featured apps" section like
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=phonegap.com&data=0
1%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com<http://40microsoft.com/>
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eukwYgOoS2QBhmPTK78%3d
,
where we show "the best
of the best", or show the best on first page
2015-10-16 23:07 GMT+02:00 Tommy Williams <
tommy@devgeeks.org<mailto:tommy@devgeeks.org>
:
+1 for curation.
Apps in the showcase should really be the best of the best,
yeah?
Apps
that show that the myths about Cordova aren’t true, etc.
On 17 October 2015 at 07:44:49, Joe Bowser
(bowserj@gmail.com<mailto:bowserj@gmail.com>)
wrote:
Yes, I definitely think we should be curating the apps to
make
sure
they're
legit.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Dmitry Blotsky <
dblotsky@microsoft.com<mailto:dblotsky@microsoft.com>>
wrote:
Hey folks,
Just a quick thought: should we be curating the apps in
the
showcase to
make sure they’re legit? I verify that they’re on an app
store,
but the
Android app store has no curation.
Kindly,
Dmitry
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